Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

/.../President Xi pointed out that China does not want to see the situation in Ukraine to come to this. China stands for peace and opposes war. This is embedded in China’s history and culture. China makes a conclusion independently based on the merits of each matter. China advocates upholding international law and universally recognized norms governing international relations. China adheres to the UN Charter and promotes the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. These are the major principles that underpin China’s approach to the Ukraine crisis. China has put forward a six-point initiative on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, and is ready to provide further humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and other affected countries. All sides need to jointly support Russia and Ukraine in having dialogue and negotiation that will produce results and lead to peace. The US and NATO should also have dialogue with Russia to address the crux of the Ukraine crisis and ease the security concerns of both Russia and Ukraine.

I particularly enjoyed this vignette:

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that any support to Russia, military or any other type of support, would actually help Russia conduct a brutal war against an independent sovereign nation, Ukraine, and help them to continue to wage war which is causing death, suffering and an enormous amount of destruction.

This was the comment of the Chinese spokesperson:

Chinese people can fully relate to the pains and sufferings of other countries because we will never forget who bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. China does not need a lecture on justice from the abuser of international law. As a Cold War remnant and the world’s largest military alliance, NATO continues to expand its geographical scope and range of operations. What kind of role has it played in world peace and stability? NATO needs to have a good reflection.

Turkiska uppgifter: Närmar sig ett fredsavtal
Ryssland och Ukraina är "nära en överenskommelse" när det gäller fyra viktiga punkter på väg mot ett möjligt fredsavtal.
Det skriver Financial Times och citerar den turkiske utrikesministern Mevlut Cavusoglu, som uttalat sig i den regeringstrogna turkiska tidningen Hürriyet.
– På viktiga områden, kritiska områden, finns det ett närmande mellan de två sidorna, säger Cavusoglu, som besökte både Ryssland och Ukraina i veckan.
Turkiet försöker tillsammans med Israel mäkla fred mellan Ryssland och Ukraina. De båda sidorna förhandlar om sex nyckelpunkter, men enligt Cavusoglu är det framför allt på de fyra första punkterna som parterna nästan kommit överens:
Det handlar om att Ukraina ska förklara sig neutralt och överge ambitionen att bli medlem i försvarsalliansen Nato, ”demilitarisering” av Ukraina - som av Ryssland kallats för ”avnazifiering” - och att Ukraina ska lyfta alla restriktionerna gällande det ryska språket.